Key Personnel Bios

EDEN MILLER (Costume Designer)
Eden Miller started her career with the internationally acclaimed Wooster Group's at age 17. She subsequently worked on their productions of "Brace Up!," "Fish Story," and "Emperor Jones." After college, Eden began working in independent film and award-winning theater, garnering two Tony Awards for Costume Design under designer Martin Pakledinaz for "Kiss Me Kate" in 2000, and "Thoroughly Modern Millie" in 2002.

On various projects, Miller has dressed Brian Dennehy, Alan Cumming, Ned Beatty, John Heard, Lauren Bacall, Austin Pendleton, Mare Winningham, William Hurt, Catherine Deneuve, Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, Willem Dafoe, and a host of others.

She lives in Brooklyn and travels as often as humanly possible.

JIM BIGHAM (Producer)
Jim Bigham has been a filmmaker since 1971. Jim attended the London Film School in the early 70's, graduating with high honors. Jim has since worked all over the United States and abroad. He took the first film and video crews behind the Iron Curtain to produce Glastnost Rock in September 1988. This historic rock concert was the first of its kind, recording the opening of the Soviet Union through its version of Woodstock.

Jim has over twenty-five film credits, including "Great Expectations," "Body Heat," "Bad Boys," and produced several television pilots in the Miami area. He was first exposed to commercials in the 70's while working on "Saturday Night Live's" famed parodies commercials . In 1996, Jim was line producer on a Turner documentary titled , "Chasing the Dream," which was nominated for an Academy Award. "Sweet Land" is Jim's most recent project.

JAMES STANGER (Editor)
Over the past fifteen years, Jim has cut almost 1000 National Television commercials. He has worked at some of the top edit houses in Minneapolis, now at CHANNEL Z, a shop he co-founded with long-haired partner Ace Allgood. His films include "Lunch in Bombay," an award-winning documentary that he co-produced, shot and edited--filmed entirely in India--and "The Chromium Hook," a film he wrote, directed, edited, and photographed, which played in over 50 film festivals world-wide and won numerous awards, including the Bearded Child Film Festival Award for Best Comedy. Based on the success of the "The Chromium Hook", Jim also became a go-to director. He's shot spots for Gibson Guitars, WNBA, Red Wing Shoes, MN Department of Tourism, and Target Market (Minnesota youth anti-smoking).

DAVID TUMBLETY (Cinematographer)
David Tumblety has been the cinematographer on twelve feature films and many shorts. His first feature film, "A Gun for Jennifer", screened at the New York Underground Film Festival, and was distributed in France and Germany. "30 Days" debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, and was released fall of 2000. "Hit and Runway," which screened at LAIFF and other film festivals, was released in the spring of 2001. The film "Red Betsy" had its theatrical release in September 2003. "Last Ball" and "Bittersweet Pl" have screened at numerous film festivals in the United States as well as internationally. Recent films include "Brooklyn Lobster" and "Sweet Land."

JIM BAKKOM (Production Designer)
Jim Bakkom began with education at Beloit College, and then went on to Yale University where he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree. In the mid-60's Bakkom became one of the founding members of the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis as the Property Master and Artist in Residence. He moved from theater to film in the mid-80's and worked for Northwest Teleproductions as a TV designer for nearly 15 years. He is also a coveted guest lecturer, designer, and teacher, and has been such at various schools, particularly during the 70's and 80's. He has been Film Production Designer and Art Director on many films including "26 Summer Street," "Emperor of the Air," "The New Boy," and most recently, "Sweet Land." Jim is also a talented studio artist working with sculpture and painting mediums. He currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.